Freight-car.



VW. I. ROHAN.

FREIGHT CAR.

APPLICATION FILED IULYIZ. 1915.

Patented June 5, 1917.

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FREIGHT CAR.

APPLicATloN FILED JULY 12. 1915.

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Application July l2, i915.

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C rence being gs, forming St. Paul, in the county o of Minnesota, haveinver and useful Improvement of which the following is oise, and exactdescription had to the accompanying dra" a part of this specification`This invention relates to innirovements in freight cars. One object ofthe invention is to provide an all metal Jfreight car of extremelystrong and rigid construction wherein novel structures are employed tosupport and brace the various parts, and the various parts are soarranged and designed and connected as to mutually brace and strengtheneach other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a steel box car soarranged that the roof, sides, ends and ioor constitute unitarystructures.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement wherein apreferably continuous member such as a channel or other commercial shapeis utilized to term f the posts and bracesltof the eids and sides and sodesigned as to give great strength where the heaviest loads are borne.

Another object of the invention is to provide a steel freight car havingthe parts thereof to arranged that the heavy butling and pulling shocksare transmitted to and absorbed by `all the parts oi' the car.

@ther and more specilic objects oi the invention will. appear from thedescription hereinafter.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification I have shown myimprovements as embodied in a boXy cara but the same is merelyilluscrative since my improvements may be embodied in other types offreight cars such, as tor instance, gondola ears. l'n said drawing,Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a box car showing myimprovements 4in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of thecar shown in Fig. l but upon a. larger scale. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical section of the improved car taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. l.Fig. l is a longitudinal vertical sectional View taken substantially onthe line fr-e of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the root` of thecar, the running board and a portion of Speciilcation o "Letters Patent.

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the roof plates being removed to better illustrate the construction.Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view at the ridge of the rooftaken substantially on the line ffl- G of Fig. 5. F ig. 7 is ahorizontal. sectional View taken substantially on the line 7-7 of F ig.l, a portion of the tioor boards being removed to better illustrate theunder framing. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view of the underframeand floor of the car taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. '.7. Fig. 9 is ahorizontal sectional view illustrating more vpar- Z bar side sills 23-23are employed; built- I up body holsters 24-24g and pressed needle beams25H25; there being only two of the latter and located near the centerVof the car substantially in alinement with theedges of the side dooropenings hereinafter referred to. ln order to rigidly tie the foregoingmembers together and rigidly brace the car underframe employ twopreterably contiuuous bracing members 26 and 27 each of which, as shown,is in the form of a. channel having the anges thereof turned downwardly.Each of the members 26 and 27 extends diagonally iirst from' the centersill to the side sill as indicated at 28-28 in Fig.7 and then inwardlyfrom th?` side sill to the centersill as indicated at 29.

rlhis zigzag course of the member 26 is con nos sill and end structureof the car.. lt will alsovbe noted that the body holsters are braced inthe most eective manner by the members 26 and 27 since the latter extenddiagonally from the ends of the ,body

p 36 of channel shape, as shown.

bolsters to the center sill at both sides thereof. Furthermore, asclearly appears from Fig. 7 the continuous members 26 and 27.

are so. arranged that they are riveted to the center sill at pointsopposite each other thereby producing the effect of X shaped bracingbetween the center sill andside sills.

L diagonal bracesBS, intermediate posts l39,

side door posts 40-40 and a door lintel 41, all formed integrally. Wherethe diagonal braces 384-38 meet with the vertical posts at an angle, theoutside flange of the channel at the angle is preferably attenedoutwardly as indicated at 42-42 to thereby form a larger rivetingv areafor securing the member 36 to the side sills 23 and upper longitudinallyextending Z bars 43443.l The side walls of the car are formed by upperand lower sheet metal plates 44 and 45, the latter being slightly odsetalong their upper edges as indicated at 46 in Fig. 3 so that the upperplates 44 may overlap the lower plates 45 and be riveted thereto, thusforming a longitudinal seam and additionally bracing the side of thecar.

By arranging the continuons members 36 so as tov form arches over theside doors, I thereby secure great strength for the side walls of thecar kat the points where the greatest strains are exerted. A metal dooris provided for each side of the car, and, as shown, the same consistsof a frame formed by a preferably continuous channel shaped member 47which .has a lower hori zontal leg 48, vertical side post 49, diagonalbrace 50, side vertical post 51 and upper or top horizontal leg 52, themember Vbeing securely riveted to itself at the. corners where thediagonal member 50 unites with the horizontal and vertical members ofthe frame. A sheet metal plate 53 is secured to the frame abovedescribedand the door is suppo`rted by rollers 54 carried by brackets 55,V therollers running along tracks 56 in the form of Z bars secured to theouter sides of the car near the eaves of the roof. To holdthe door .inclosed position I have provided a stop and lock plate 57 slotted 1.oreceive the angled end of a slidable locking.' ba 58 mounted on a guideplate 59. Guidin brackets 60-60 are also provided at the bottom of thedoor to prevent. the same from swinging outwardly.

Referring now more particularly to Figs.

therewith end posts 62, diagonal braces 63 and intermediate verticalposts 64, the latter being connected at the top by a cross portion 65.In this instance also the outer flange at the angles formed between thediagonal braces and the vertical posts are outwardly flattened asindicated at 66 to provide a large riveting area.l Upper and lower,dished end sheets 67 and 68 are riveted to the inner sides of the member6lin a manner similar to the side sheets heretofore described.' 69indicates a cast buffer block of any well known type. Hand grabs 70-70are provided and also end and side ladders the rungs of which aresecured to a common stile 7l at the corner, which stile, as shown inFigs. 2 and 7, is a corner post of the car and consists of the outervertical 'web of the end post 62 and the fiattened outer liange 72 ofthe end post 37 of' the continuous side member 36. As will be obvious,the two sets of rungs edectively brace the corner post. Not only docsthis arrangement provide simple means for constructing the side and endladders but it gives an unusually strong and rigid connection betweenthe sides and ends of the car and ties them so as to form practicallyone rigid structure, so that, forces applied to the end walls of the carare distributed to and partly ab-l sorbed. by the side walls of the carby means of the connection above described and vice versa.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the roof structureof the car, as shown, consists of the longitudinally extendingv outer Zbars 43-43 previously described; a central ridge pole 73; carlines 74-74 near the center of the car at the sides of and above the door; and.dished end plates 75-75'. The ridgepole 73 is in the forni of a troughor V shaped member as clearly indicated in Fig. 6. The members 73 and Zbars 43 are connected and mutually braced by means of preferablycontinuous channel shaped members 76-77, the latter having riveting thechannel shaped bracing members 76 and 77 to the ridge pole member73 isclearly indicated in Fig. 6, where the inner flanges SO-k-SO of thechannel shaped members are riveted by the rivets 8l and the top or webportions 82 thereof are secured to the horizontal flange 83 of the ridgemember by rivets 84. Longitudinally extending roof sheets or plates areem.- ployed, the latter having their inner meeting edges upwardly bentas indicated at 86 in Fig. 6 and a water tight joint is formed by meansof a longitudinally extending cap plate 87, the rivets 84 securing thecap plate and roof sheets as clearly indicated in Fig.` 6.

Running boards 88 are provided, the'same being `mounted on suitablesaddles 89, and

I have also shown the car4 as adapted for carrying grain and othercommodities in bulk, by having the the same provided with a wood lining90 extending part way up the sides and ends.'

From the preceding description, it will be seen that I have provided acar wherein the floor structure, sides, ends, and roof mutuallycooperate to brace and strengthen each -other and to resist, all theshocks which the car is. subjected to. Also, it will be seen that thevarious parts of the car may be made up in units and are easilyassembled. Furthermore, the arrangement which I have provided lendsitself very readily to the repair of old cars now in service,particularly with regard to the ends, sides, roof and un derframe.

Although I have herein shown and described what I now consider thepreferred embodiment of my invention yet I do not Wish to be limited tothe exact details, but contemplate all changes, variations andmodifications as come within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. A sheet metal car, each side of which is provided with a continuousintegral member extending from end to end and having vertical y anddiagonally extending portions formin posts and braces, respectively.

2. A car having the sides thereof provided With continuous membersextendingr from end to end and having alternately vertically anddiagonally extending portions forming posts and braces, respectively.

V3. A steel box car provided with side doors, theposts and braces of theside walls throughout their entire length being formed of a continuouscommercially shaped member, said member, at the center thereof havingtwo vertical posts and an upper horizontal connecting portion formingthe door posts and lintel.

et. A steel car the sides of which have ver' tical posts and diagonalbraces formed `integrally by a channel shaped member extending from endto end of the car, said channel shaped member at the angles where thediagonal braces and posts meet, having the outer liange thereofflattened down irrit) the plane of the web to thereby provide a greaterriveting area.

5. A car provided with side doors and having Z bar side sills, andamember on each side thereof extending continuously from end to end ofthe car, each of said members having alternate vertical post anddiagonal brace, portions from the ends of the car to the side door, saidmember having an upper horizontal connecting portion over the door. i

6. A car having thevends thereof each provided with a continuous, bentcommercial structural shape forming all the posts and braces thereof.

7. A car having the ends thereof provided with a continuous channelshaped member bent to form a plurality of vertical posts and a pluralityof diagonal braces therebetween. y

8. A steel car end having a commercially shaped member bent to formouter and inner vertical posts connected by diagonally arranged bracingmembers, the inner pair of posts being connected by a horizontal sectionof said member.

9. A steel freight car the sides and ends of which are each providedwith members having integral vertical posts and diagonal bracingmembers, the vertical posts at the ends of 4the side and end walls ofthe car being riveted together at the corners of the car.

10. A box car of the character described, at least one wall of which isprovided with a continuous, commercially shaped member bent so as toform a plurality of integral diagonal bracing portions and a pluralityof integral vertical posts.

11. As an article of manufacture, a post and brace structure for railwaycars comprising a commercially shaped member iiitegral throughout andbent to form posts and diagonal braces, said member being day of July,1915.

i WILLIAM J. BOHAN.

'adapted to extend from end to end of the

